Senior/Lead Industrial Designer at
BLOND

BLOND

BLOND is a critically acclaimed London-based design studio that collaborates with the world’s leading brands and startups—ranked by Red Dot as the No.1 design studio in America and Europe for three consecutive years.

STRATEGIC INNOVATION & DESIGN embodies the studio’s practice. With empathy toward fast-changing social needs and environmental challenges, BLOND harnesses insights to pinpoint opportunities that have the potential to enhance contemporary lifestyles and provoke change. The studio’s designers, engineers, and strategists translate these opportunities into meaningful brands, products, spaces, and experiences that give our partners a market advantage while positively impacting the planet.

OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for an experienced Senior/Lead Industrial Designer to join our fast-growing team. This person could be a Lead, or a Senior soon to be progressing into the Lead role.

You will be an integral part of the studio and be exposed to all aspects of a design project, being involved in every stage of the process, from research to strategy, ideation to visualisation. As a senior/lead, you will also be expected to lead projects and manage client relationships.

DUTIES

• Leading a team of juniors, mid-weight and senior staff, reporting to the Creative Director
• Client meetings and correspondence
• Participation in ideation sessions
• Engage in, and management of; desktop and field research
• Strategic design thinking
• Managing projects, including schedule, resources, deliverables, and reviews
• CAD, visualisation and presentation creation

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES (REQUIRED)

• BA or MA Degree in Industrial Design
• At least eight years of industry experience (post-graduation)
• Strong administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to think holistically about projects and stakeholder requirements—using strategic creativity to help our partners achieve their goals
• Eagerness to become part of a tight-knit team and a brand advocate
• Ability to manage and lead creative projects from start to finish
• Client-facing communication skills
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Creativity and innovation-focused
• Exceptional CAD skills; must include Rhino (3D) and Adobe (2D)
• Able to use Keyshot
• Able to present work beautifully, with clarity
• Detail-oriented
• Great communicator and confident communicating with clients
• Willingness to teach and support other staff members
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English are required
• A strong understanding of design for manufacture
• Interest in working across multiple sectors
• Excellent knowledge of design
• Willing to travel internationally for meetings/development workshops
• Passionate about design
• Able to work in the UK

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES (BENEFICIAL)

• Able to start immediately
• Ability to speak a language other than English
• Knowledge of Solidworks
• Knowledge of Autodesk Alias
• Ai prompting experience

BENEFITS

• Vitality Health (Private Healthcare)
• Birthday day off (paid)
• Education days (two paid days off per year for education - lectures, mentoring and tutoring)
• Working from home (one day per week)

FAQ

• Working from home is offered (one day per week). The remainder of the week, the position will be based in our London office (Hackney, E2).
• Overseas applicants are very welcome, but they must hold a valid British Citizenship or a valid right to work in the UK (please note, we do not offer visa sponsorship)

HOW TO APPLY

Please note, applications that do not follow these steps will not be reviewed:

• Send/upload a PDF copy of your CV and portfolio
• Please title the email: BLOND SENIOR/LEAD 2024 OCTOBER
• No Issuu, Behance or web-based portfolios, please
• PDF portfolio should be no larger than 15MB
• No need to create a cover letter; please introduce yourself via email/jobs portal
• Please clearly state your salary expectations
• Within the introduction email, please clearly state your availability
• Application deadline: 31st October 2024
  
• Please note: due to the high volume of applications, we will only be able to reply to successful candidates

Please submit applications via email ([email protected]).